by Lisa Maples | Sep 7, 2024 | Education, Faith, Heart, Prayer
Teaching at a Christian school is new territory for me. I was a public school teacher for 31 years, retired at the end of the last school year and became a STEM Makerspace Facilitator at a private school as of August 1. Adjusting to a new school takes some time, but I...
by Lisa Maples | Dec 23, 2021 | Christmas, Faith, Jesus
Have you sought for the perfect gifts this year? During December, I have been seeking something that I had needed. Thankfully, I found it. I have found joy daily throughout December. It came in many forms: songs, the Book of Luke in the Bible, family, friends, in a...
by Lisa Maples | Jan 31, 2021 | Holy Spirit, Jesus, trusting God
God’s plans for us are not always apparent. Just as the strange closing of public places seemed to isolate us and interfere with our lives during the Coronavirus pandemic, sometimes there are situations that develop which we could have never seen coming that...
by Lisa Maples | Oct 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
While sitting in church during a Monday night prayer meeting, I noticed an old friend a few rows up from me. As I remembered how we had met years before, my mind flooded with memories of when I faced sadness and disappointment. This person had been my Christian...
by Lisa Maples | Oct 22, 2019 | Holy Spirit, searching for God
For a week, I had been cleaning out a messy room in our house filled with old toys. I wanted my daughters’ friends to have a tidy place to gather when they came over for a Friday Night Fun Night at our house. We had invited them and they had responded with a...
